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      <div><h1><span class="kind-method">create</span> method</h1></div>

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      <span class="returntype"><a href="dart-async/Future-class.html">Future</a><span class="signature">&lt;<wbr><span class="type-parameter"><a href="dart-io/File-class.html">File</a></span>&gt;</span></span>
            <span class="name ">create</span>
(<wbr>{<span class="parameter" id="create-param-recursive"><span class="type-annotation"><a href="dart-core/bool-class.html">bool</a></span> <span class="parameter-name">recursive</span>: <span class="default-value">false</span></span> })
      
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      <p>Create the file. Returns a <code>Future&lt;File&gt;</code> that completes with
the file when it has been created.</p>
<p>If <code>recursive</code> is false, the default, the file is created only if
all directories in the path exist. If <code>recursive</code> is true, all
non-existing path components are created.</p>
<p>Existing files are left untouched by <a href="dart-io/File/create.html">create</a>. Calling <a href="dart-io/File/create.html">create</a> on an
existing file might fail if there are restrictive permissions on
the file.</p>
<p>Completes the future with a <a href="dart-io/FileSystemException-class.html">FileSystemException</a> if the operation fails.</p>
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      <h2><span>Implementation</span></h2>
      <pre class="language-dart"><code class="language-dart">Future&lt;File&gt; create({bool recursive: false});</code></pre>
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